Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-02-17
Colby is booming now.
1900 people in Colby Saturday.

1900 people in Colby Saturday.
Colby is to have second brick yard
Big sale of lots and decided land now
W. S. Wilcoxon went to Topeka Mon
day.
Trade was lively at all the stores Sat
urday.
Two million brick will be burned this
season.
Contrasting has begun again in good
earnest.
Much cutting in hack fare from Colby
to Eustis.
% empty barrels for sale at Palace
drug store.
Mild and warm this week. Store doors
wide open.
John Moore is back working on the
railroad survey.
The cellar for the First National was
begun Monday.
Al Casey is now at Hiawatha, Brown
county, Kansas.
Six prairie schooners passed through
Colby yesterday.
Big camp of Missouri Pacific surveyors
south of Colby.
The office of Justice Adams is papered
| very lastly now.
Fruit tree agents plenty again. They
report many sales.
| 1t is remarkable how fast the trade in
creases at Colby.
| F. C. Finnerty has a neat sign on his
office just finished.
Colby is as orderly as an eastern city,
and much livelier.
| The railroad bond question is being
talked much nowadays.
1t is said that the cowboys reign SUI
preme in Sherman Center.
L. L. French and wife made a trip to
Ennis City last week.
| Watch little out for l. H. Buffers ad,
which will soon appear.
| Four two-story bricks will be built this
season and possibly more.
| The CAT Office has large tame mouse
1900 CATS fail to catch it.
Colby had as large crowd Saturday as
is seen on a Fourth of July.
The Newell House made splendid quar-
tiers for the meeting Saturday.
w. l. Hobert is to start paper at Rus
sell Springs. st. John county.
DO the Tudors live here7'' NO,
they live Tudors below here"
Jas. Armstrong. of Grainfield, was in
town last week buying school land.
Arthur Allen, of the firm of ]. W. Allen
& Sons, was in this city Monday.
l. H. Buffers expects his seeds and i'm
plements in this week. Examine them.
H. B. Herring, of Quickville attended
the g. A. r. Saturday and paid us a call.
J. W. Huff, a banker of Hoxie, was
over to the q. A. r. campfire saturday.
J. B. McGonigal tells us the railroad
land is going fast-much faster than ex-
pected.
Buy your groceries from Kaub & Smith
where they are always kept new, fresh
and clean.
1t will pay you to see Frank Picgree if
you want reliable insurance on your farm
property.
Have you seen the new spring styles in
prints Woodruff & Tate have just re-
ceived a new supply.
A. W. Patchin and wife have rooms
over Bank of Colby, and board at city
restaurant.
Not one drunk Feb. 18th, though 1900
people enjoyed the hospitality of our
| city.
Take look through our seed depart
ment this spring before you make gar
den. KAUB & SMITH
| The contract is let nowfOr the building
of twenty five new residences in Colby
this spring.
John Griffis, one of the proprietors of
| the Central drug store. came in from OBJ
erlin Sunday.
When people come to Thomas county
and are asked how they heard of it, they
say by reading the CAT.
Russell Springs, st. John county. Such
n
We have opened up large line of
choice dried fruits bought when the mar
ket was low. KAUB s. SMITH.
This is the year for the great Northwest
to boom. No sand hills here. and plenty
of land to buy cheap. See ad in another
place.
Read McGonigal & Sons ad in this is
sue. Notice what easy terms the railroad
lands are sold on. Now is the time to
buy.
The "We-told-you-so-fell of
Eustis, Sherman county, Kansas, gave q
general reception to the B. & n. railroad
engineers when they reached Eustis on
the ed. There is no question now about
Eustis getting one railroad, and the chan
ces are decided fattering for tw0.-[Wes-
tern Advocate. Kansas City.